Planning for climate change in Cartagena, Colombia : institutionalizing alternative approaches

Planning for climate change in cities of developing countries is a difficult task due to the lack of resources, low institutional capacity of local authorities and governments, and the informal and illegal growth of urban areas. This is worsened by the fact that the occurrence of extreme weather eve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Campos Pérez, Jorge Enrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional UTB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.utb.edu.co:20.500.12585/9675
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12585/9675
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MIGRACION HUMANA -- PUBLICACIONES SERIADAS
HUMAN MIGRATION -- PERIODICALS
DESARROLLO URBANO -- PUBLICACIONES SERIADAS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT -- SERIALS
CARTAGENA DE INDIAS (BOLIVAR, COLOMBIA) -- CONDICIONES AMBIENTALES -- PUBLICACIONES SERIADAS
CARTAGENA DE INDIAS (BOLIVAR, COLOMBIA) -- ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS -- SERIALS
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Sumario:Planning for climate change in cities of developing countries is a difficult task due to the lack of resources, low institutional capacity of local authorities and governments, and the informal and illegal growth of urban areas. This is worsened by the fact that the occurrence of extreme weather events and small incremental changes in climate phenomena is increasing and intensifying in these areas. This paper is a case study of Cartagena, Colombia. It seeks to identify how bottom-up approaches are incorporated or considered into its legal and institutional planning framework